Agenda and minutes

Licensing and Appeals Committee - Tuesday, 14th June, 2022 7.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill

Contact: Democratic Services  Email: committee.services@tmbc.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

PART 1 - PUBLIC

LA 22/16

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 3 KB

Members in any doubt about such declarations are advised to contact Legal or Democratic Services in advance of the meeting

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

LA 22/17

Minutes pdf icon PDF 197 KB

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of Licensing and Appeals Committee held on 8 March 2022 and the extraordinary meeting held on the 29 March 2022.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That the Minutes of the meetings of the Licensing and Appeals Committee held on 8 March and 29 March 2022 be approved as correct records and signed by the Chairman.

LA 22/18

Minutes of Panel pdf icon PDF 91 KB

To receive the Minutes of the following meetings of the Licensing and Appeals Committee sitting as a Panel:

 

21 March 2022

23 March 2022 (x2)

4 May 2022

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That the Minutes of the meetings of the Licensing and Appeals Committee sitting as a Panel held on 21 March, 23 March and 4 May 2022 be received and noted.  

Matters for recommendation to the Council

LA 22/19

Updated Street Trading Policy pdf icon PDF 135 KB

This report provides an update on the proposed re-designation of the Borough as Consent Streets and seeks approval of the draft policy for consultation purposes.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Further to Minute No LA 22/9 of the meeting held on 8 March, the report of the Director of Central Services and Deputy Chief Executive provided an update on the proposed re-designation of the Borough as Consent Streets and sought approval of the draft policy for consultation purposes.

 

RESOLVED: That the Draft Street Trading Policy, as attached at Annex 3 to the report, be approved for consultation purposes. 

LA 22/20

Exclusion of Press and Public pdf icon PDF 4 KB

The Chairman to move that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting during consideration of any items the publication of which would disclose exempt information.

Minutes:

The Chair moved, it was seconded and

 

RESOLVED:  That as public discussion would disclose exempt information, the following matters be considered in private.

PART 2 - PRIVATE

LA 22/21

Urgent Items pdf icon PDF 3 KB

Any other items which the Chairman decides are urgent due to special circumstances and of which notice has been given to the Chief Executive.

Minutes:

The Chair advised that she had accepted the following item as urgent due to current fluctuation in fuel prices.

 

LA 22/22

Hackney Carriage Fares

Minutes:

(Reasons: LGA 1972 Sch 12A Paragraph 3 – Financial or business affairs of any particular person)

 

The Head of Licensing provided details of discussions held with key members of the taxi trade regarding the current fluctuation in fuel prices and advised that the situation was being monitored and, if necessary, a report would be submitted to the meeting of the Committee to be held on 27 September 2022.